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affine; foliage light green, about eight inches long. Alto- 

 gether a very showy and scarce kind, of which there are 

 several varieties. Slow growing, but very compact in habit. 



A. maculosum. A lovely dwarf Orchid from Bombay, 

 with dark green leaves, eight inches long, close and compact, 

 stiff growing, with light-coloured flowers, spotted all over 

 with purple, and a large purple blotch on the lip. Blooms in 

 June and July, and, if the flowers are kept dry, lasts four weeks 

 in perfection. The colour of the bloom is very striking. 



A. maculosum, var. Schroderi. A magnificent free-growing 

 plant from the hills near Bombay, much stronger than A. 

 maculosum, and more in the way of A. crispum, with dark 

 green foliage, ten inches long ; the flowers are very delicate, 

 the sepals and petals almost alike ; white, tinged with lilac 

 and spotted with rose ; the labellum a beautiful rose colour. 

 It flowers in June or July, lasting three weeks in perfection. 

 This was first flowered by Mr. Plant, then gardener to J. H. 

 Schroder, Esq., of Stratford. It is supposed that there was 

 only one plant imported. The stock at present in this 

 country is from the one plant. 



A. McMorlandi. A magnificent species from India, com- 

 pact in growth, and having bright green foliage, about ten 

 inches in length ; blossoms freely, producing long branching 

 spikes of peach and white flowers, in June and July, and 

 continues three or four weeks in perfection. The only plant 

 I know of this is in the collection of E. McMorland, Esq., 

 Haverstock Hill, in compliment to whom it is named. 



A. noiile. A magnificent free-flowering species from India, 

 in the way of suavissimum, but with flowers larger, and of a 

 better colour, and in growth it is much stronger. I have 

 seen spikes of this from two to three feet long. Blooms in 

 June, July, and August, and keeps in perfection three or 

 four weeks. 



A. odoratum. A good, old, free-growing species from 

 India, one of the most abundantly flowering of this genus, 



